THE TWILIGHT WATCH

In a review appearing in Australia's Canberra Times, writer Colin Steele says of Sergei Lukyanenko's The Twilight Watch -- third in a series of four which have served as the basis of the film adaptations Night Watch and Day Watch -- "The series is set in post-Soviet Russia, where Others, humans who possess supernatural powers, uneasily compete to 'balance' Earth's history. The Others can assume a variety of forms, such as vampires and werewolves, and divide into either Light or Dark factions, although these terms do not simple equate to good or evil...In three interlinked stories, the main character, Anton Gorodetsky, finds life in the twilight zone increasingly dangerous. The Twilight Watch sits squarely in the Strugatsky tradition of 'heroic characters facing moral dilemma.'"
   Speaking of Day Watch, Singapore's The Business Times described the film as "a frenetic fantasy thrill ride about vampires on the loose in modern-day Moscow. Simultaneously gritty and glossy, this is one of those movies that will send a jolt through the systems of jaded cinemagoers, showing that Russian filmmakers can camp it up just as well as their Hollywood counterparts."
   

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